coniferous plant

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• plant — plantable, adj. plantless, adj. plantlike, adj. /plant, plahnt/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that… …   Universalium

• coniferous forest —  vegetation composed primarily of cone bearing, needle leaved, or scale leaved evergreen trees, found in regions of the world that have long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation. The northern Eurasian coniferous forest is called the… …   Universalium

• Temperate coniferous forest — A temperate coniferous forest ecosystem in Petroglyphs Provincial Park, Ontario Temperate coniferous forest is a terrestrial biome found in temperate regions of the world with warm summers and cool winters and adequate rainfall to sustain a… …   Wikipedia

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• Timeline of plant evolution — This article attempts to place key plant innovations in a geological context. It concerns itself only with novel innovations and events that had a major global significance, not those that are of solely anthropological interest. The timeline… …   Wikipedia

• snow plant — noun a fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground • Syn: ↑Sarcodes sanguinea • Hypernyms: ↑wildflower, ↑wild flower • Member Holonyms: ↑Sarcodes, ↑genus …   Useful english dictionary

• Snow plant — Snow Snow, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[=a]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[=e]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[=o]r, snaj[=a]r, Sw. sn[ o], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[ e]gas, Russ. snieg , Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• snow plant — noun Date: 1846 a fleshy bright red saprophytic herb (Sarcodes sanguinea) of the Indian pipe family that grows in high altitude coniferous woods of the western United States and often appears before the snow melts …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• araucaria — araucarian, adj. /ar aw kair ee euh/, n. any of several coniferous trees of the genus Araucaria, of warm regions. Cf. monkey puzzle, Norfolk Island pine. [1825 35; < NL, named after Arauc(o) province in central Chile; see ARIA] * * * Any pinelike …   Universalium

• Cedar (disambiguation) — Cedar, in a strict botanical sense, refers to those trees belonging to the genus Cedrus in the coniferous plant family Pinaceae.In common usage, the Cypress family of trees are often labeled as Cedars.Cedar may also refer to: Coniferous trees of… …   Wikipedia